NPF scam case: SC finds irregularities in Police Foundation
Court referred the matter to NAB to initiate proceedings against the guilty.
Former PML-N MNA Anjum Aqeel Khan
ISLAMABAD:
The Supreme Court, while hearing the case of National Police Foundation (NPF) scam, has found guilty the management of NPF along with former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) legislator, Anjum Aqeel Khan.
While setting aside ‘tricky agreements,’ the court referred the matter to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to initiate criminal proceedings against the guilty. The NAB chairman has been asked to submit progress report within 90 days.
In the judgment of this case that the SC took up suo motu, the court observed, “It is apparent from the record that the NPF was established purely for the welfare of police officials but the officers at the helm of affairs in the Foundation allotted land worth billions of rupees at throwaway prices — that is, for Rs100 — only to the ruling elite — including generals, bureaucrats, ambassadors, close relatives of top police officials and ‘well-connected’ civilians.”
It is “necessary to initiate proceedings against Anjum Aqeel and other responsible persons,” reads the judgment authored by Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry announced on Thursday.
“It has also been established on record that the privileged ones have gobbled up everything, generously,” the judgment stated.
The court also rejected the agreement between Anjum Aqeel and the Foundation, and termed it another example of fraud with the Foundation as there is no date for finalisation and completion of project mentioned in it.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 1st, 2013.
The Supreme Court, while hearing the case of National Police Foundation (NPF) scam, has found guilty the management of NPF along with former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) legislator, Anjum Aqeel Khan.
While setting aside ‘tricky agreements,’ the court referred the matter to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to initiate criminal proceedings against the guilty. The NAB chairman has been asked to submit progress report within 90 days.
In the judgment of this case that the SC took up suo motu, the court observed, “It is apparent from the record that the NPF was established purely for the welfare of police officials but the officers at the helm of affairs in the Foundation allotted land worth billions of rupees at throwaway prices — that is, for Rs100 — only to the ruling elite — including generals, bureaucrats, ambassadors, close relatives of top police officials and ‘well-connected’ civilians.”
It is “necessary to initiate proceedings against Anjum Aqeel and other responsible persons,” reads the judgment authored by Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry announced on Thursday.
“It has also been established on record that the privileged ones have gobbled up everything, generously,” the judgment stated.
The court also rejected the agreement between Anjum Aqeel and the Foundation, and termed it another example of fraud with the Foundation as there is no date for finalisation and completion of project mentioned in it.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 1st, 2013.